Life lately

Abby tried out grocery delivery, but is not yet convinced of its convenience.

Sarah is vacuum sealing all of the blankets in her house.

Reading lately

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Abby read The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need from Grown-ups by Erika Christakis and Sarah tried another Kristin Hannah novel: The Great Alone.

Body positivity

We explore the idea of body positivity, how it’s changed the way we see ourselves and others, how it’s shifted the way we think about food and exercise, and how it influences our parenting. We are both still learning and recognize that our thin and able-bodied privilege color our perspective. Below is a list of resources we’ve found helpful on this journey and we’d love for you to share more in the comments so we can all continue learning together.

• Instagram follows:
  • Yrfatfriend
  • Megan Jayne Crabbe
  • Dani Adriana
  • Kate J Baer
• Podcasts
  • Food Psych, especially the interviews with Lindy West, Virginia Sole-Smith, and Ijeoma Oluo
  • She’s All Fat
• Books
  • F*ck it Diet by Caroline Dooner
  • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon
  • Hunger by Roxane Gay
  • Shrill by Lindy West
  • The Eating Instinct by Virginia Sole Smith (and her recent NY Times article When You’re Told You’re Too Fat to Get Pregnant)

Eating lately

Sarah has been brewing kombucha and Abby’s family is enjoying “adult lunchables” for an easy dinner.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!

Life lately

Sarah shares happy news about her health.

Abby laments her children’s inability to sleep through the night.

Reading lately

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Sarah was inspired by The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon. Abby enjoyed Spinning Silver by Naomi Novak.

Reading as self-care

We explore how books and reading are part of self-care, including our favorite snacks, our ideal reading experience, and how parenting and reading for self-care intersect. Here are some of our favorite books to reach for when we are in need of a self-care reading experience:

• The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
• Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
• Still Life and other Inspector Gamache novels by Louise Penny
• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
• Ella Enchanted and other Gail Carson Levine books
• The Wedding Date and other Jasmine Guillory novels

And if you’re looking for thoughtful commentary about romance novels in our culture, check out Hot and Bothered, a new podcast by Vanessa Zoltan and Ariana Nedelman.

Eating lately

A friend of Abby’s made Chocolate Nemesis for her enjoyment.

Sarah experimented with buckwheat flour using this pancake recipe.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!